Patents by Inventor Steven Todd

Steven Todd has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20060031139
    Abstract: A system and method for notifying salespersons of customer communications including a target item is provided. Individual customers are mapped to one or more salespersons. Target items of interest to a salesperson are defined and a salesperson is associated with a customer. For each salesperson, on-line communication channels are monitored for the occurrence of a communications involving a customer associated with the salesperson and including a target item defined by the salesperson. When such an occurrence happens, a notification is directed to the salesperson. Salesperson access to the system and customer access to the on-line communication channels requires authorization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventor: Steven Todd
  • Publication number: 20060031131
    Abstract: A system and method for notifying salespersons of customer communications including a target item is provided. Individual customers are mapped to one or more salespersons. Target items of interest to a salesperson are defmed and a salesperson is associated woth a customer. For each salesperson, on-line communication channels are monitored for the occurrence of a communications involving a customer associated with the salesperson and including a target item defined by the salesperson. When such an occurrence happens, a notification is directed to the salesperson. Salesperson access to the system and customer access to the on-line communication channels requires authorization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventor: Steven Todd
  • Publication number: 20060031136
    Abstract: A system and method for notifying salespersons of customer communications including a target item is provided. Individual customers are mapped to one or more salespersons. Target items of interest to a salesperson are defined and a salesperson is associated with a customer. For each salesperson, on-line communication channels are monitored for the occurrence of a communications involving a customer associated with the salesperson and including a target item defined by the salesperson. When such an occurrence happens, a notification is directed to the salesperson. Salesperson access to the system and customer access to the on-line communication channels requires authorization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventor: Steven Todd
  • Publication number: 20060031142
    Abstract: A system and method for notifying salespersons of customer communications including a target item is provided. Individual customers are mapped to one or more salespersons. Target items of interest to a salesperson are defined and a salesperson is associated with a customer. For each salesperson, on-line communication channels are monitored for the occurrence of a communications involving a customer associated with the salesperson and including a target item defined by the salesperson. When such an occurrence happens, a notification is directed to the salesperson. Salesperson access to the system and customer access to the on-line communication channels requires authorization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventor: Steven Todd
  • Publication number: 20060020521
    Abstract: A system and method for notifying salespersons of customer communications including a target item is provided. Individual customers are mapped to one or more salespersons. Target items of interest to a salesperson are defined and a salesperson is associated with a customer. For each salesperson, on-line communication channels are monitored for the occurrence of a communications involving a customer associated with the salesperson and including a target item defined by the salesperson. When such an occurrence happens, a notification is directed to the salesperson. Salesperson access to the system and customer access to the on-line communication channels requires authorization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventor: Steven Todd
  • Patent number: 6944799
    Abstract: An multimedia synchronization services system has been provided that can synchronize input actions and test data measurements associated with activities of a client/server computer system. The system can be applied to virtual test systems coupled to a contact center to provide time latency measurements between input actions to the calling center and resulting contact center functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Empirix Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Robinson Seeley, Steven Todd Sigel, Douglas Carter Williams
  • Patent number: 6931511
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for looking up vectors in parallel using vector table look up operations. In one aspect of the invention, a method to look up a plurality of data items indexed by a vector of indices includes: generating a second vector of indices in a vector register where each index of the second vector of indices is one of a first vector of indices and at least one index in the first vector of indices is replicated as a plurality of duplicated indices in the second vector of indices; and looking up simultaneously a first vector of data items from a plurality of look up tables using the second vector of indices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Todd Weybrew, David Ligon, Ronald Gerard Langhi
  • Patent number: 6877020
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for transposing a matrix using a vector look up unit. In one aspect of the invention, a method for matrix transposition includes: rotating in a vector register a first row of a matrix to generate a first row, of elements; writing simultaneously into a plurality of look up units the first row of elements indexed by a first row of indices in a vector register; looking up simultaneously from the plurality of look up units a second row of elements indexed by a second row of indices in a vector register; and rotating in a vector register the second row of elements to generate a third row of elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph P. Bratt, Alexei V. Ouzilevski, Ronald Gerard Langhi, Steven Todd Weybrew
  • Patent number: 6822654
    Abstract: At least one chip of a chipset in a computer system having at least one host processor and a host memory are described herein. In one aspect of the invention, an exemplary chip includes an interconnect, a memory interface coupled to the interconnect, the memory interface providing access to the host memory and controlling memory refresh and memory access, a host interface coupled to the interconnect, the host interface providing access to the host processor, and a programmable media processor coupled to the interconnect, the media processor accessing the host through the host interface and the media processor accessing the host memory through the memory interface, wherein the media processor processes time based media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Sushma Shrikant Trivedi, Joseph P. Bratt, Jack Benkual, Vaughn Todd Arnold, Yutaka Takahashi, Steven Todd Weybrew, Derek Fujio Iwamoto, David Ligon
  • Patent number: 6760423
    Abstract: A system and method for initiating calls via electronic calendar is disclosed. A call list is associated by a user to a particular time and day within the electronic calendar. When the particular day and time arrives, the call list is forwarded to a service which executes the call list, and subsequently contacts the members of the call list through a telephone network. Once a connection is established, the user and the members of the list are linked to a conference bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventor: Steven Todd
  • Patent number: 6745146
    Abstract: An automated test system for testing a device under test includes a storage device, an input device, a processor, and a test apparatus. The storage device is operable to store a plurality of sets of test parameters, and is further operable to store a plurality of product model identifiers, each product model identifier associated with one of the plurality of sets of test parameters. The input device is operable to obtain input from an operator defining a first product model identifier from the plurality of product model identifiers. The processor is coupled to the input device and the storage device and is operable to receive the input from the input device and retrieve the set of test parameters associated with the first product model identifier from the storage device based on the input. The processor is further operable to generate a control signal that includes the retrieved set of test parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Avaya Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Edwin Zane Brown, Roger Alan Merriman, Steven Todd Brandenburg
  • Patent number: 6693643
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for converting color components in one space to those in another space. In one aspect of the invention, a method for vector conversion including: loading a first vector of components into a vector register; generating a first vector of indices in a vector register, each index of the first vector of indices being one of the first vector of components, at least one component in the first vector of components being replicated as a plurality of duplicated indices in the first vector of indices; looking up simultaneously a first vector of data items from a plurality of look up tables using the first vector of indices; and summing up at least one subset of the first vector of data items into at least one component of a second vector of components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Sushma Shrikant Trivedi, Steven Todd Weybrew, Alexei V. Ouzilevski
  • Patent number: 6354812
    Abstract: An adjustable stop assembly (33) for limiting maximum yoke angle of a hydraulic pump(11) having a fluid displacement proportional to the angle of the yoke (25). The adjustable stop assembly (33) includes a control piston (37) for inclining the yoke (25) to define a desired yoke angle, and a stop member (57) defines a set of internal threads (67) and is disposed within a cavity (65) defined by the adjustment assembly. An adjustment screw (51) is disposed for rotational motion, comprising a portion (49) operable to retain the adjustment screw (51) reciprocally stationary relative to the adjustment assembly (33), the adjustment screw (51) further comprising a first set of external threads (53) for engagement with the internal threads (67) of the stop member (57), whereby rotation of the adjustment screw (51) causes axial travel of the stop member (57), thereby displacing the control piston (37).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventor: Steven Todd
  • Patent number: 6300772
    Abstract: An automated test system for testing a device having a circuit connection and a ground connection includes a processor, a test apparatus, and a discharge circuit. The processor is operable to generate a control signal that includes a set of test parameters, and is further operable to generate a discharge control signal upon completion of a test. The test apparatus includes a first connection operable to be connected to the circuit connection of the device and a second connection operable to be connected to the ground connection of the device. The test apparatus is also operably connected to receive the control signal including the set of test parameters from the processor. The test apparatus is operable to perform a first test based on the set of test parameters. The discharge circuit is external to the test apparatus and is coupled to the processor. The discharge circuit is operable to be coupled to the ground connection and the circuit connection of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Avaya Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Edwin Zane Brown, Roger Alan Merriman, Steven Todd Brandenburg
  • Patent number: 6243757
    Abstract: An efficient and scalable real-time information distribution system and method of operation thereof are provided that build customized information collections according to individual preferences. This distribution system uses an information distribution network such as the Internet for its communications infrastructure. The system of the present invention is able to achieve high scalability and efficiency by routing information through the information distribution network. Information streams enter the information distribution network through feed processors. Feed processors, in turn, parse the information received from feed sources and create a set of “keyples.” The keyples are then passed on to a series of keyple routers. The keyple routers match the keyples to a set of destinations, thus multiplexing the keyples to only those destinations that have requested the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: eNuntio, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajendra Kumar Kanodia, Steven Todd Black
  • Patent number: 6173708
    Abstract: A gas burner mounting assembly includes a gas injector having a main body portion positioned between a chassis member of a gas cooking appliance and a ceramic based cooktop of the appliance. The gas injector also includes an upper body portion which extends through an aperture formed in the cooktop. A burner retention bracket is interposed between the main body portion of the gas injector and an underside of the cooktop. A resilient support preferably acts between the gas injector and the cooktop, although no rigid attachment is made between these elements. The gas injector is mechanically, fixedly secured to the cooktop in order to allow the gas injector to flex with the cooktop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Maytag Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy John Arntz, Steven Todd Brooks, Mark A. Pickering
  • Patent number: 6100259
    Abstract: Novel pyrazole derivatives are provided which are cannabinoid receptor modulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Jia-Ning Xiang, John Duncan Elliott, Steven Todd Atkinson, Siegfried Benjamin Christensen, IV
  • Patent number: 6068088
    Abstract: A wafer lifter basket assembly includes a wafer lifter basket and a base, the base including a bracket and a bracket holder. The wafer lifter basket is mounted to the bracket, and the bracket holder is releasably connected to the bracket holder via spring-loaded plungers, which release upon the wafer lifter basket encountering a force of at least a predetermined level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Warren Scott Brooks, Steven Todd Drexler, Kristen Erikson Jewell
  • Patent number: 6068089
    Abstract: A wafer lifter basket assembly includes a wafer lifter basket and a base, the base including a bracket and a bracket holder. The wafer lifter basket is mounted to the bracket, and the bracket holder is releasably connected to the bracket holder via spring-loaded plungers, which release upon the wafer lifter basket encountering a force of at least a predetermined level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Warren Scott Brooks, Steven Todd Drexler, Kristen Erikson Jewell
  • Patent number: 5961730
    Abstract: An asphalt release agent for preventing hot road asphalt, especially polymer-modified asphalt, from sticking to surfaces of delivery truck beds is provided. The release agent includes a water-based mixture of polycycloaliphatic amines and polyalkylene glycols. The release agent is applied onto the truck beds to create a slippery non-stick surface so that the road asphalt which comes in contact with such truck bed surfaces will not adhere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Morton International, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Todd Salmonsen, Michael Dean Frailey, James Joseph Proctor, Lawrence Paul Krantz, Susan Marie Crooks